3.0.0 4476 2023-01-11T13:32:10Z 2023-01-11T13:32:10Z House HR 2016-02-04 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BLUM:H.R. 4476.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 6, Clause 1Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H591]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2016-02-04T15:04:10Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2016-02-04T15:04:05Z 2016-02-04 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2016-02-04 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2016-02-04 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2016-02-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-02-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001294 Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] Rod Blum R IA 1 N D000621 Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] Ron DeSantis R FL 6 2016-02-09 False Congress Budget deficits and national debt Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Members of Congress Congress 00 2016-02-04 Introduced in House 2016-03-04T22:20:26Z Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2016

This bill declares that, if there is a federal budget deficit in a fiscal year, then:

  • any pay adjustment for Members of Congress scheduled to take effect under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 in the succeeding calendar year shall be null and void; and
  • effective as of the first day of the first pay period beginning in that year, the rates of basic pay for Members shall be reduced (from the rate in effect), but not below zero, by an amount prescribed according to the following formula.

The reduction required under this Act is as follows:

  • if the reduction is to take effect in a calendar year that does not immediately follow another calendar year in which a reduction was made, the reduced amount shall be equal to 5% of the rate of basic pay last in effect before the reduction is made; or
  • if the reduction is to take effect in a calendar year that immediately follows another calendar year in which a reduction was made, the reduced amount shall be equal to 10% of the rate of basic pay last in effect before the most recent reduction was made.

If, following one or more years in which Members' pay is reduced, a fiscal year occurs in which there is no deficit, then, effective as of the first day of the first pay period in the succeeding calendar year:

  • rates of basic pay for Members shall be restored to the highest rate at any time previously payable; and
  • pay adjustments scheduled to take effect on or after that first day shall be effective.
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